Question 1

Market Position: AWS vs Azure vs GCP

Accepted Answer

AWS: Market leader (~32% share). Broadest service catalog (200+ services). First-mover advantage. Most mature ecosystem. | Azure: Second largest (~23% share). Strong enterprise adoption. Best hybrid cloud (Azure Arc). Deep Microsoft ecosystem integration. | GCP: Third (~11% share). Strongest in data/analytics and AI/ML. Built on Google's internal infrastructure. Growing fast.

Question 2

Managed Kubernetes: AWS vs Azure vs GCP

Accepted Answer

AWS: EKS — $73/month per cluster. Karpenter for autoscaling. Tight IAM integration. Fargate for serverless pods. | Azure: AKS — free control plane. Azure AD integration. Virtual Nodes for burst. Best entry-level pricing. | GCP: GKE — one free zonal cluster. Autopilot mode. Best managed K8s experience. Google invented Kubernetes.

Question 3

Serverless: AWS vs Azure vs GCP

Accepted Answer

AWS: Lambda — the original FaaS. Step Functions for orchestration. API Gateway. Most mature serverless ecosystem. | Azure: Functions with deep .NET integration. Durable Functions for stateful workflows. Logic Apps for low-code. | GCP: Cloud Run (containers) and Cloud Functions. Cloud Run is arguably the best serverless container platform.

Question 4

DevOps Tooling: AWS vs Azure vs GCP

Accepted Answer

AWS: CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy — functional but not best-in-class. Most teams use third-party CI/CD. | Azure: Azure DevOps is a complete platform (repos, boards, pipelines, artifacts). One of the best integrated DevOps offerings. | GCP: Cloud Build, Artifact Registry, Cloud Deploy. Lighter tooling. Most teams use external CI/CD with GCP APIs.

Question 5

Pricing Model: AWS vs Azure vs GCP

Accepted Answer

AWS: Pay-per-use. Reserved Instances and Savings Plans. Complex pricing. Cost Explorer and Budgets for management. | Azure: Pay-per-use. Reserved Instances. Azure Hybrid Benefit (reuse Windows licenses). Enterprise agreements common. | GCP: Pay-per-use with sustained-use discounts (automatic). Committed-use discounts. Generally simpler pricing. Preemptible VMs cheapest.

Question 6

Global Infrastructure: AWS vs Azure vs GCP

Accepted Answer

AWS: 33 regions, 105 availability zones. Widest global coverage. GovCloud and China regions. | Azure: 60+ regions. Broadest country coverage. Government and sovereign cloud options. | GCP: 40 regions, 121 zones. Premium network tier with Google's private backbone. Fewer regions but excellent networking.

Criteria	AWS	Azure	GCP
Market Position	Market leader (~32% share). Broadest service catalog (200+ services). First-mover advantage. Most mature ecosystem.	Second largest (~23% share). Strong enterprise adoption. Best hybrid cloud (Azure Arc). Deep Microsoft ecosystem integration.	Third (~11% share). Strongest in data/analytics and AI/ML. Built on Google's internal infrastructure. Growing fast.
Managed Kubernetes	EKS — $73/month per cluster. Karpenter for autoscaling. Tight IAM integration. Fargate for serverless pods.	AKS — free control plane. Azure AD integration. Virtual Nodes for burst. Best entry-level pricing.	GKE — one free zonal cluster. Autopilot mode. Best managed K8s experience. Google invented Kubernetes.
Serverless	Lambda — the original FaaS. Step Functions for orchestration. API Gateway. Most mature serverless ecosystem.	Functions with deep .NET integration. Durable Functions for stateful workflows. Logic Apps for low-code.	Cloud Run (containers) and Cloud Functions. Cloud Run is arguably the best serverless container platform.
DevOps Tooling	CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy — functional but not best-in-class. Most teams use third-party CI/CD.	Azure DevOps is a complete platform (repos, boards, pipelines, artifacts). One of the best integrated DevOps offerings.	Cloud Build, Artifact Registry, Cloud Deploy. Lighter tooling. Most teams use external CI/CD with GCP APIs.
Pricing Model	Pay-per-use. Reserved Instances and Savings Plans. Complex pricing. Cost Explorer and Budgets for management.	Pay-per-use. Reserved Instances. Azure Hybrid Benefit (reuse Windows licenses). Enterprise agreements common.	Pay-per-use with sustained-use discounts (automatic). Committed-use discounts. Generally simpler pricing. Preemptible VMs cheapest.
Global Infrastructure	33 regions, 105 availability zones. Widest global coverage. GovCloud and China regions.	60+ regions. Broadest country coverage. Government and sovereign cloud options.	40 regions, 121 zones. Premium network tier with Google's private backbone. Fewer regions but excellent networking.

Verdict